Johnny Winter Net Worth

Four years later, he played with his childhood idol, Muddy Waters, and produced his albums “Hard Again”, “I’m Ready”, and “King Bee” with Blue Sky Records. All three albums were honored with Grammy Awards. Since 1968, Winter has released more than a dozen albums. He himself was nominated for Grammy honors, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988, and was considered one of the 100 greatest guitarists in history by “Rolling Stone” in 2003. Winter was found dead in his Zurich hotel room on July 16, 2014, at the age of 70. He played his last show at the Cahors Blues Festival two days before his death.